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Project Profile: PACPATH

Pacific Ocean Pathways in Support of Sustainable Development: an Integrated Approach

Who?

Principal Investigators: Alexandre Ganachaud, National Research Institute for Sustainable Development, France
Partners: Jérôme Aucan, National Research Institute for Sustainable Development, France
Antje Bruns, Trier University, Germany
Louis Celliers, Helmholtz Centre for Materials and Coastal Research, Germany
Klaus Eisenack, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
Sebastian C.A. Ferse, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, Germany
R. Health Kelsey, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, United States
Silja Klepp, Kiel University, Germany
Pierre-YVes Le Meur, National Research Institute for Sustainable Development, France
Maria Manez Costa, Helmholtz Centre for Materials and Coastal Research, Germany
Maraja Riechers, Leuphana University, Germany
Elisabeth Holland, University of the South Pacific, Fiji
Simon Nicol, Pacific Community, New Caledonia
Awnesh Singh, University of the South Pacific, Fiji
Myriam Vendé-Leclerc, New Caledonia
Karina von Schuckmann, France
Sponsors: German Research Foundation, Germany
French National Research Agency, France
National Science Foundation, United States

What?

Full Project Title: Pacific Ocean Pathways in Support of Sustainable Development: an Integrated Approach
Full Call Title: Pathways2020
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Why?

Project Objective: (PACPATH) aims at establishing cost-effective, efficient and sustainable transdisciplinary processes, methods and networks allowing stakeholders as scientists, public officers and citizens of the PacificIslands to share common objectives and actions in order to achieve environmental sustainability considering SDG14, and its interlinkage to all other 16 SDGs, particularly SDG13 and SDG15.
Call Objective: The goal of this CRA is to provide a science base for achieving sustainability goals. The CRA will support 1-2 years of collaborative research networking activities that focus on integrated qualitative and quantitative approaches to develop Earth-system-based transformation pathways for sustainable development.

Where?

Regions: South Pacific
Countries: Fiji, France, New Caledonia

When?

Duration: 24 months
Call Date: 2020
Project Award Date: 2021